Austin360 arts list, July 13-19

Arianna Auber @ariauber

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Jul 9, 2018 at 12:01 AMSep 25, 2018 at 6:25 PM

Theater & dance

"All Shook Up." The 60th year of Zilker Theatre Productions’ annual summer musical takes us back to the 1950s, the decade of the inaugural show, and serves as a modern twist on a Shakespeare classic: "Twelfth Night." The jukebox musical "All Shook Up" features 24 Elvis Presley hits as well as lots of laughs and leather jackets. 8:15 p.m. Thursday-Sunday through Aug. 18. Zilker Hillside Theater, 2206 William Barton Drive. zilker.org/all-shook-up.

"The Antipodes." In Hyde Park Theatre’s latest production from playwright Annie Baker, nine actors portray an everlasting brainstorming session — an abstract sort of plot that ultimately explores how we communicate with one another (or completely fail at doing so). 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday through Aug. 4. $22-$26. 511 W. 43rd St. hydeparktheatre.org.

"Heisenberg." This production from Zach Theatre is a play about the quirky middle-age woman Georgie, who begins a relationship with older man Alex after meeting in a London train station and learns there might be some truth to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: The closer you get to something, the less you know about it. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday through July 22. $30-$58. 202 S. Lamar Blvd. zachtheatre.org.

"Little Shop of Horrors." The Wimberley Players take on this musical — a mix of horror, comedy and rock, with music by composer Alan Menken — as their summer production. In "Little Shop of Horrors," a hapless florist assistant named Seymour discovers a new breed of plant he names Audrey II, in honor of his coworker crush. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday through July 22. $20-$26. 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley. wimberleyplayers.org.

Art for the People. "Wet, Wild, and a Wee Bit of Whimsy." More than 60 Austin artists, 35 of them new to Art for the People, contributed to this group show defining what summer means to us. Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday through Oct. 20; reception 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 13. 1711 S. First St. 512-761-4708, artforthepeoplegallery.com.

Art on 5th. "The Magical World of Disney," Art on 5th’s third annual Disney show, features new and popular work by officially licensed Disney artists from the Disney Fine Art program, including Tennessee Loveless. There will also be collectible pieces from the gallery’s massive vintage film memorabilia collection. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 1. 3005 S. Lamar Blvd. arton5th.com.

The Blanton Museum of Art. "Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection." The Blanton Museum celebrates the renaissance that has occurred since the 1970s within the millennia-old traditions of indigenous Australian art with this ground-floor exhibit. Through Sept. 9. "Meeting of Waters." The title of Clarissa Tossin’s new body of work is taken from the confluence of the Rio Negro and Amazon Rivers, where the two bodies of water, each very different in color, converge but remain separate. Her exhibition in the Blanton’s Contemporary Project space will feature the artist’s sculptures, including a large, woven tapestry that depicts the stretch of the Amazon River between the river’s mouth in the Atlantic Ocean and the city of Manaus. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday through July 1. $5-$9. 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 512-471-5482, blantonmuseum.org.

Bob Bullock Museum. "Comanche Motion: The Art of Eric Tippeconnic." This new exhibit tells the story of a thriving Comanche cultured rooted in the past but evolving toward the future. Filled with symbolism and meaning, Tippeconnic’s paintings highlight the strength, beauty and grace of the Comanche past and present. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 2. $9-$13. 1800 Congress Ave. thestoryoftexas.com.

Camiba Art Gallery. "Source Material." Two artists, William T. Carson and Rebecca Rothfus Harrell, have a common interest in geology, natural materials and the environment, but their artistic techniques and approaches for the exhibited work, created in tandem, are distinct. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday through Aug. 11. 2832 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. camibaart.com.

Lora Reynolds Gallery. Xavier Schipani’s solo show will feature murals, canvas paintings and a sculptural installation masquerading as a public bathroom, all tied together with a centralized — and, for Schipani, very personal — theme that explores what it means to be masculine. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday through Sept. 1. 360 Nueces St., Suite 50. 512-215-4965, lorareynolds.com.

Mexic-Arte Museum. "Young Latinx Artists 23: Beyond Walls, Between Gates, Under Bridges." The multi-artist show was inspired by the significant social changes that have taken place along the U.S. Mexico border over the past 20 years, exploring themes of restriction, censorship and more. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 26. 419 Congress Ave. mexic-artemuseum.org.

North Hills Art Gallery. The exhibit "Dan Merrell, American Realist" showcases work from Merrell, an Austin realist painter who captures the world in astonishing detail. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday through July 30. 7050 Village Center Drive. 512-345-4546, nwhillsumc.org.

The People’s Gallery. The 14th annual People’s Gallery in City Hall features a wide array of painting, sculpture, drawing and other media by more than 100 artists across Central Texas. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday through Jan. 1. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second St. Free. 512-974-7700, austintexas.gov/department/peoples-gallery.

Texas Folklife. "The Upshaws of County Line" features photographs and oral history collected by documentary photographer Richard Orton between the years of 1988-2009 and follows the lives of the Upshaws, an African-American family in the rural East Texas community of County Line. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday through July 27. 1708 Houston St. 512-441-9255, texasfolklife.org.

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum. Sherry Owens and Art Shirer have installed a site-specific exhibit that has transformed the gallery at Umlauf into a wild, turbulent environment, confounding our normal perceptions of the interior and exterior. "Entangled" features giant spiral vortexes wound together from wire and natural and manmade objects. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday through Aug. 12. 605 Robert E. Lee Road. umlaufsculpture.org.

Wally Workman Gallery. Diana Greenberg. It’s Wally Workman’s fourth solo show with local painter Greenberg, whose abstract work, an exploration in color and emotion, is currently influenced by Japanese calligraphy and kimonos, antique book covers and music. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through July 28. 1202 W. Sixth St. 512-472-7428, wallyworkmangallery.com.

Women and Their Work Gallery. "The Lure."Margaux Crump debuts a body of work — sculptures, drawings and photographs — that explores gender and the natural world through the lens of power relationships: predator and prey, human and animal, masculine and feminine. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m Sunday through July 26. 1710 Lavaca St. 512-477-1064, womenandtheirwork.org.

Yard Dog Art Gallery. "Western Futurism." Jimmy Descant scours flea markets, thrift stores and alleyways around America to find parts "from the Golden Age of American manufacturing," disassembling them down to the hardware and transforming them into his "upcycled" sculptural pieces. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday through July 31. 1510 S. Congress Ave. yarddog.com.

Music

The Austin Chamber Music Festival. The Austin Chamber Music Center’s annual summer celebration of chamber music returns with touring ensembles, a bevy of free concerts, workshops for students of all ages and more. The fest continues at 7:30 p.m. July 13 with the Emerson String Quartet performing a pair of Beethoven pieces; additional shows run through July 22. $12-$55. Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Drive. austinchambermusic.org.

Ludovico Einaudi: "Essential Einaudi." The prolific Italian pianist and composer will perform music from his 2015 album "Elements," a visceral opus that draws inspiration from nature, matter, sound and color, in addition to songs from other Einaudi albums. 8 p.m. July 13. $29.50-$139.50. Bass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive. texasperformingarts.org.

The Hartman Foundation’s "Concerts in the Park."Each weekend in the summer, a different ensemble of the Austin Symphony will be featured on the front lawn of the Long Center, performing music from jazz and light classical to pops selections and film scores. 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 26. Free. The Long Center Terrace Lawn, 701 W. Riverside Drive. 512-476-6064, austinsymphony.org.

Austin Symphony Children’s Day Art Park.This annual summer series is now at the downtown library (a literally cool Austin setting). Like always, children and their families are invited to discover the wonder and excitement of the performing arts with an Austin Symphony Orchestra performance and more. Before the show, the musicians will visit with the kids, demonstrating their instruments; afterward, there will be arts and crafts, storytelling and more activities. 10 a.m. Wednesdays through July 25. Free. Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez St. austinsymphony.org.

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